The Haunted House

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The bank cashier and his band of counterfeiters have a strong reason for making people believe this house is haunted. —intertitle

In this 1921 short, Buster Keaton plays a bank teller who is accused of passing Counterfeit Cash and attempted Bank Robbery. While fleeing the law, he stumbles across the real culprits' hideout, a phony haunted house. Hilarity Ensues.

This movie is available in its entirety at YouTube, or here, on this very wiki.

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Tropes used in The Haunted House include:

• Agony of the Feet: How the bank teller establishes that the satanic-looking gent is not the Devil.
• Bank Robbery: Attempted.
• Bavarian Fire Drill: The teller starts blowing a whistle and directing the "ghosts" like a traffic cop -- and they obey.
• Bedsheet Ghost
• Bookcase Passage
• Clear My Name
• Counterfeit Cash
• Dressing as the Enemy
• Help, I'm Stuck!
• Improvised Weapon: A tossed vase.
• The Klutz
• Man On Fire: Twice, neither time serious.
• Le Parkour: Motivated by terror, the teller performs some impressive climbing and vaulting.
• Plucky Girl: The bank president's daughter tracks the chief villain to his lair.
• Produce Pelting
• Scooby-Doo Hoax: Employed by the counterfeiters to protect their hideout.
• Stairway to Heaven
• Sticky Situation
• Surprise Slide Staircase
• The Stoic
• Trap Door